Does in situ melanoma really come before invasive melanoma? Descriptive epidemiology questions this relationship

Tumori

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 257-

  Crocetti, Emanuele ^a   Caldarella, Adele ^a   Chiarugi, Alessandra ^a   Nardini, Paolo ^a   Zappa, Marco ^a  

^a ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOMA;

EID: 79957661763     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: 20382529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089161109700225     Document Type: Letter

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